Can an operating system be transferred from one PC to another?

Patrick Marshall answers questions about transferring an operating system from one PC to another.

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Back with the banned: Do Twitter’s exiles return under Musk?

QAnon loyalists, neo-Nazis and a former American president: The list of people banned from Twitter is long, but their exile could soon end if Elon Musk buys the platform.

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Three ways to cut your tech spending, as prices rise everywhere

Here’s how to be mindful about the tech subscriptions, phone bills and upgrades that drain our budgets.

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Amazon’s biggest drop since 2006 caps miserable month for tech

Amazon shares collapsed on Friday, with a loss in market value that ranks as one of the worst in Wall Street history after it gave an outlook that was seen as disappointing.

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Jury awards nearly $9M to families in fertility fraud case

A jury has awarded nearly $9 million to three families who accused a Colorado fertility doctor of using his own sperm to inseminate three mothers who requested anonymous donors.

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An unsteady moment for tech | Commentary

The powerful forces of unstoppable change and tech wealth are rolling along, but mixed in there is a shred of something else: doubt.

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Paccar uses predictive technology to stock its shelves and repair its trucks

Paccar, the Bellevue-based trucking and manufacturing company, pictures a future where trucks are more like large, rolling computers.

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Weather prediction startups grow as more volatile storms loom

Whereas the National Weather Service might forecast heavy rain over a three-hour period in a region, one startup claims it can break it down to minutes.

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Airbnb allows employees to live and work from anywhere

Airbnb says its employees can live and work almost anywhere around the world, as the company embraces a fully remote work policy to attract staff and ensure flexibility.

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Micron Technology is sued for alleged patent infringement

Bell Semiconductor has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against computer chipmaker Micron Technology.

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Apple’s revenue, profit top analyst views in latest quarter

Apple on Thursday reported quarterly results that topped analysts’ profit projections despite supply shortages, economic fallout from the Russia-Ukraine war and a growth slowdown from the huge sales lift that technology products and service got from pandemic restrictions.

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Robinhood’s revenue fell more than expected at year’s start

Growth slammed into reverse at the start of this year for Robinhood Markets, whose trading app has turned millions of people into investors for the first time.

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School board member censured for ‘typo’ linking to porn site

An Ohio school board outside Cincinnati has censured a member who says she accidentally posted a link to a pornography website on her political campaign's Facebook page.

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The mean tweets are coming from inside the House? Twitter incivility up among politicians, study says

The research findings mark "the first robust evidence that incivility is rising among American politicians on Twitter," wrote the authors, from several U.S. and Canadian universities.

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Amazon’s Twitch considers pay change that could alienate top streamers

Twitch, the Amazon-owned livestreaming website, is weighing potential changes to how it pays top talent, said people familiar with the planning, an effort that would boost its profits but would also risk alienating some of its biggest stars. The updates under consideration would offer incentives for streamers to run more ads. The proposal would also […]

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Huawei’s Q1 sales down 14% as U.S. sanctions remain

Chinese telecoms equipment and smartphone maker Huawei has reported its sales fell 14% in the last quarter from a year earlier, as the company continued to pump money into research and development while grappling with U.S. sanctions.

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China grants first driverless taxi permits to Baidu, Pony.ai

Chinese internet services company Baidu has received a permit to provide driverless ride-hailing services to the public in Beijing, one of just two companies to receive such approvals.

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China, Russia, five others make US property rights blacklist

The United States is putting China, Russia and five other countries on its annual blacklist for lax enforcement of intellectual property rights that leaves American companies vulnerable to copyright and trademark piracy.

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Seattle area ranks second for percentage of adults on Twitter — will that change with Elon Musk in charge?

The impact of Elon Musk taking control of Twitter may hit harder in Seattle than many other parts of the country because, as it turns out, Twitter is quite popular here, FYI Guy writes.

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‘Welcome to the slave house,’ was Tesla manager’s greeting, Black employee claims in lawsuit

A new lawsuit from a California Tesla worker follows a slew of other suits — including a civil-rights action by the state — alleging the company failed to respond to widespread racism.

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DJI halts Russia, Ukraine business to prevent drone misuse

Drone company DJI Technology Co has temporarily suspended business activities in Russia and Ukraine to ensure its products are not used during the hostilities in a rare example of a Chinese company publicly withdrawing from Russia due to the war.

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Microsoft’s cloud growth propels quarterly sales, earnings

Microsoft reported sales of $49.4 billion in the first quarter. That's up up 18 percent from a year earlier.

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Google parent suffers 1Q growth slowdown, profit decline

Google’s corporate parent has posted its slowest quarterly revenue growth since 2020, the latest sign that the huge gains enjoyed by technology companies during the pandemic are fading into the rear-view mirror.

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Ex-eBay exec pleads guilty to role in cyberstalking campaign

A former top security executive at eBay Inc. has pleaded guilty to his role in a campaign to harass and intimidate a Massachusetts couple who published an online newsletter he perceived as critical of the company.

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Conservatives celebrate Musk’s deal to buy Twitter

Conservatives praised Elon Musk’s deal to buy Twitter, reflecting the way anger at Silicon Valley’s content-moderation decisions has become a central issue for the GOP.

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UK: Concerns raised over Chinese surveillance camera firm

An independent monitor of Britain’s use of surveillance cameras has asked for the government to clarify its positions on buying equipment from a Chinese company accused of involvement in “appalling human rights abuses.”.

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Musk’s ‘free speech’ push for Twitter: Repeating history?

Tesla billionaire Elon Musk, seemingly intent on making the old new again, has successfully arranged to buy Twitter for about $44 billion.

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Buying Twitter, Elon Musk will face reality of his free-speech talk

Elon Musk's agreement to buy Twitter puts the combative billionaire, who is also the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, at the center of the global free-speech debate. Shira Ovide writes that he's stepping on a hornets nest.

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Trump tells Fox News he’ll stay off Twitter even if Musk lifts ban

Donald Trump said he doesn't plan to return to Twitter even if Elon Musk, who has a deal to buy the social media company, lifts the former president's lifetime ban.

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4 ways Twitter could change under Elon Musk

Musk has not said publicly how he would handle former President Donald Trump’s banned Twitter account. But his free speech comments have stoked speculation that he might reinstate Trump.

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White House seeks more power to counter use of drones in US

The Biden administration is calling on Congress to expand authority for the federal and local governments to take action to counter the nefarious use of drones in the U.S. The White House released an action plan that calls for expanding the number of agencies that can track and monitor drones flying in their airspace.

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Death toll up to 12 in Poland mine accidents; 11 missing

The death toll from two coal mine accidents last week in southern Poland has risen to 12.

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Report: Fake Twitter accounts spread Chinese propaganda

A U.S.-based intelligence company says it uncovered a network of more than 600 inauthentic Twitter accounts that spread a positive narrative of China’s far-western Xinjiang region, as Beijing was being accused of human rights abuses and locking up hundreds of thousands of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities there.

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Liz Weston: Tweak your tech settings to protect your privacy

Much of your personal data is likely being tracked and sold, including your location and online activity. We have limited ability to stop the prying, but here's where to start.

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Reports: Twitter in talks with Musk over bid to buy platform

The New York Times reports that Twitter’s board and Tesla CEO Elon Musk are negotiating over his bid to buy the social media platform.

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State TV says Iran foiled cyberattacks on public services

Iran's state television says authorities have foiled massive cyberattacks that sought to target public services, both government and privately owned.

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Amazon union could face a tough road ahead after victory

In the aftermath of their hard-won labor victory, Amazon workers in the New York City borough of Staten Island popped Champagne, cheered their victory and danced in celebration.

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Spain vows to be transparent in probe of Pegasus spyware use

Spanish authorities are pledging full transparency as they launch inquiries into the allegations that the phones of dozens of supporters of Catalan independence were hacked with controversial spyware only sold to government agencies.

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Don’t call him CEO: Jack Dorsey says he’s ‘Block Head’ now

Technology entrepreneur and former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has a new title: Block Head.

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Video game workers at Call of Duty maker OK’d for union vote

A labor board official has ruled that a small group of Wisconsin-based video game workers can vote to form what could be the first union at a major U.S. video game publisher.

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Patrick Marshall answers questions about helping readers who struggle with tech, and troubleshooting a modem and router

Patrick Marshall answers a reader's plea for more detailed responses to questions about how to navigate technological problems.

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In election misinformation fight, ‘2020 changed everything’

As voters get ready for hundreds of elections of local and national importance this year, officials and voting rights advocates are bracing for a repeat of the misinformation that overwhelmed the 2020 presidential election.

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Twitter bans ads that contradict science on climate change

Twitter says it will no longer allow advertisers on its site who deny the scientific consensus on climate change.

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10 miners missing after tremor at 2nd coal mine in Poland

Coal mining authorities say contact has been lost with 10 miners following an underground tremor and methane gas discharge at the Borynia-Zofiowka mine in southern Poland.

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EU reaches landmark deal on hate speech, disinformation

The European Union has reached a landmark deal to take aim at hate speech, disinformation and other harmful content online that would force big tech companies to police themselves harder, make it easier for users to flag problems and empower regulators to punish noncompliance with billions in fines.

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EU takes aim at social media’s harms with landmark new law

The law aims to end an era of self-regulation in which tech companies set their own policies about what content could stay up or be taken down.

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The Edsel, Quibi and CNN+? New addition to business failures

Epic business failures — the Edsel, Quibi, New Coke — have some new company.

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EU poised to unveil rules forcing Big Tech to protect users

European Union officials are nearing agreement on a set of new rules aimed at protecting internet users by forcing big tech companies like Google and Facebook to step up their efforts to curb the spread of illegal content, hate speech and disinformation.

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Algae a winner in Elon Musk-funded greenhouse gas contest

Ideas for reducing greenhouse gas in the atmosphere are getting a funding boost from famed entrepreneur Elon Musk.

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Can AI all but end car crashes? The potential is there

Each year, about 1.35 million people are killed in crashes on the world’s roads, and as many as 50 million others are seriously injured, according to the World Health Organization. In the United States, fatalities rose drastically during the pandemic, leading to the largest six-month spike ever recorded, according to estimates from the U.S.

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